I’d read the synopsis and reviews of Loving the Life Less Lived by Gail Marie Mitchell – a memoir and practical guide to coping with anxiety – and was excited to get stuck in when it dropped through my letterbox. “It will be interesting to read about someone who has lived with social phobia andContinue reading

This honest review was written in collaboration with John Lewis and contains affiliate links. What’s a summer holiday without a memorable soundtrack? There’s no need to be bound to the tinny speakers of your phone or laptop. Instead, pack a portable speaker that presents your favourite music as it was meant to be heard.Continue reading

Being flat broke is no fun at all. Most of us have had at least one period of poverty, but when these periods last for months and even years, life can be turned on its head. A paper in the American Journal of Preventative Medicine last year revealed that prolonged periods of poverty can evenContinue reading

Whenever a new technology is created, hackers will find a way to crack it. We’ve seen some seriously creepy methods over the last few years, including hackers gaining access to speakers on kids toys, allowing them to play their own audio through them, as well as a multitude of other toy vulnerabilities. We’ve even seenContinue reading

As much as I’d love to be, I’ve never been a gym bunny. I’ve tried to keep up home fitness regimes like PX90, but they’re not for me. I get bored quickly and end up back on the couch by the end of the warm up. My kind of exercise has to be fun, likeContinue reading

It’s National Stationery Week and the festivities are in full swing. As I type this, the London Stationery Show is just wrapping up. The annual exhibition hosts all of your favourite high street stationery, office and art brands as well as smaller online names. Oh, how I wish I’d known it was a thing beforeContinue reading

I hope your Easter weekend was amazing and you spent it doing the things you enjoy with the people you love (yes, chocolate counts as people on Easter Weekend). So you thought it couldn’t get any better eh? Well hold your horses for just a second: Who fancies a freebie? I’ve teamed up with freebieContinue reading

Morning routines, for many of us, need to run like clockwork. From getting up out of bed to getting out the door on time. Most of us spend this precious time stood in front of the bathroom mirror doing our personal grooming in the mornings. But because of issues like misted up glass and poorContinue reading

I love being my quiet time. But when it comes to getting work done, I can’t focus on anything in silence. Between my short attention span and my tinnitus, I need a steady stream of noise to keep me focused and in the zone. This was a problem back when I lived in a 2Continue reading

Not many people can say they enjoy going to hospital, but as a child I loved my time at Liverpool’s Alder Hey children’s hospital. The environment was so kid-friendly that I remember being upset when Doctors didn’t need to keep me in overnight after a blood test. The nurses were lovely, the toy-filled wards wereContinue reading